SHM0609 lubrication

[carveit]

Hi

This is the first time I have posted on this forum but have read much about the Exitech machines.... so much so that I bought one.

The machine arrived well packed and worked straight for the box.

I cleaned the slides and threads and then greased them.

But is there anyone out there who knows how to lubricate the slide block and nuts. I cannot find any grease or oil points?

[charnwooduk]

Originally Posted by carveit Hi This is the first time I have posted on this forum but have read much about the Exitech machines.... so much so that I bought one. The machine arrived well packed and worked straight for the box. I cleaned the slides and threads and then greased them. But is there anyone out there who knows how to lubricate the slide block and nuts. I cannot find any grease or oil points?

This is my first post here too, I can't answer your question, but I have just bought the same machine as you (mine should hopefully arrive mid-january.) I also went with exitech after reading all the information them here.

I'm new to cnc and will be using the machine to create molds for making composite parts for model aircraft.

If you have any pictures of your machine I would be really interested to see them, as I only have the pictures on the excitech website to go from.

[rocabig]

i found the quickest way to grease the nuts in the future is to make sone grease nipple extentions. you get some small copper pipe and thread one end and to the other you braise a grease nipple to it. you then have to remove all the bolts holding in your ball nuts and slide your gantrys away from the nuts. screw in the pipe to the ball nuts put the gantrys back on to the ballnuts and bend the copper pipe so it clears the gantrys and rebolt them in place. now you have got a greaseing point that is easy to access.

will post photos tomorow of the finished bits.

Richard

[rocabig]

here are the photos

Richard

ps there are some threaded holes on the side of the ball nuts for grease nipples but for some reason the factory dont put grease nipples in them when they ship your cnc. these are what you thread the copper pipe into.

[carveit]

Thanks Richard

That looks a neat solution... Thanks for the pics.

There are grease points on the bed rail blocks but they appear to be hex brass with a domed end. Do you use a normal grease gun? or have you changed them to standard?

Nigel

[rocabig]

i oil them thought about changing them to grease points but thought it is going to be dificult to clean later so i oil them daily. use a standard grease gun on all the other points

Richard

[carveit]

Hi

If i understand you correctly... you are pumping oil into the slide blocks?

Nigel

[rocabig]

yes

i also put a squirt of oil on its rails

Richard

[ray_tracer]

What kind of lubricant is recommended for the rails and the screws?

After doing the initial cleanup, I used MoS grease on both the rails and
the screws. Is this best-practice?

Regards, ray

[contactirfu]

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showpo...&postcount=214

Folks - this is what I did to solve the lubrication issues - this was also used in one of my friends chinese machines and he is very happy with it - cost will be about 200USD (in India) with labour, if do it ur self might be much cheaper.

RGD's
Irfan

[Eclipze]

I've just gone through the lubrication for my SHM0609. For those interested... I posted up info and pictures on what I did in the following thread, post #16

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showth...839#post740839